Masao

Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145

Peak · boys
1918 · 81 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,018
since 1907

Masao over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Masao has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #700, 1918boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
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2019#12,1455
2018
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2013#12,1365
2012
2011#8,7678
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1982#5,0037
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1960#4,0385
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1941#3,1336
1940#3,4595
1939
1938#2,18511
1937#2,33210
1936#2,8547
1935#2,12712
1934#2,7428
1933#1,99713
1932#1,65119
1931#2,47110
1930#1,49624
1929#1,48024
1928#1,29331
1927#1,26733
1926#1,24234
1925#1,18436
1924#90759
1923#90557
1922#81868
1921#90160
1920#96551
1919#82263
1918#70081
1917#80461
1916#82457
1915#96242
1914#85540
1913#93028
1912#93523
1911#1,7405
1910
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1908#1,3735
1907#1,3455
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First appearance
1907

The first year at least five boys were named Masao! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1907–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Masao
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
  • Biggest jump: 805 spots in 1912 (#1,740#935)
  • Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1925 (#907#1,184)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1918 at #700 (81 births)
  • Births halved by 1925, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1912–1924
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,512
  • Highest: 1 in 12,512 boys born in 1918 were named Masao (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 358,843 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 44.5% of all boys named Masao (453) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,345 (1907)#1,359
1910s400#700 (1918)#952
1920s453#818 (1922)#1,096
1930s114#1,496 (1930)#2,206
1940s11#3,133 (1941)#3,296
1950s0
1960s5#4,038 (1960)#4,038
1970s0
1980s7#5,003 (1982)#5,003
1990s0
2000s0
2010s18#8,767 (2011)#11,016

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Masao in 1918

boys
#700
81 births · 1 in 12,512 boys

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #700Masao81
More about 1918

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 12,512 of them was named Masao, which outranked 85.5% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Masao
  1. #692Parker82
  2. #692Sammy82
  3. #692Turner82
  4. #700Masao81
  5. #700Arlo81
  6. #700Bobby81
  7. #700Bradley81
  8. #706Helen80
  9. #706Myles80
  10. #706Rafael80

Tied with 5 names at #700; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918